Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-03
RIOTERS SENT ON.
kioHr OF THOSE WHO ASSAULTED Po.
LicEnAN HARRIS.
Others Diseharged-The officers State
ment and the Testimony Of other
Witnesses-Other Cases.

''roay was very protracted one. Jus
ticc RICHARDSON asccndcd the bench as
usual at 9:30 o'clock a. NJ, and it was
about i. NJ. before bis duties thereon
were over. On the docket were several
cases in which the examinations were
very long. Especially was this so in
The case Of the parties charged with
aSsauliing Policeman Harris. This oc-
curFence, which assumed somewhat the
nature of not, had attracted great
deal Of attention, and the consequence
was that the crowd il attendance was
immense.
The parties accused. whose names
are given below, are all colored, and
range III age from sixteen 20 twenty
eight years: Robert Coleman, Thomas
Jude, David harris, James y. Mcekins
Page Morris, Moses Baker Gli0F
GeoTgc MOsby, Joseph Hamilton. Ed
wmd Taylor, Adolph Scott, Henry
Williams 0ii0s Hunt, John Thomas
diiGs Thompson, and William Robin
son. The warrant charged them with
unlawfully and fcloniously assaulting
Policeman John II. Harris in the
county o. Hcnrico within the iurisdic-
tiOn OF the llusiings Court The trou-
BE occurred last Wednesday afternoon.
-Four Of the parties were arrested III
Richmond the next day and the others
were caught latcr-sOme in Petersburg
and tie others in Alexandria.
THE ciTicEG's STATEMENT.
Promptly at 90 O'Clock Sergeant
Thomas let fall his gavel and com
mauded silence in court. AS soon as
another tnil;ng case had been disposed
OF this one Was called. The assaulted
Officer appeared in court with an ugly
wound on tho left side Of his forehead.
Colonel Ambld6 appeared rs counsel
for one Of the Gc used, William II.
BcvordPe for Taylor and Hamilton,
and T. f. Randolph for Robinson.
The Others were not represented. Com
monwcalths-Attoncy Witt appeared
fer Che prosecution.
When the Witnesses had been sworn
Mr.. Harris took the stand and said that
On last Wednesday evening after he
was relieved from duty he was standing
in Il store on Brook avenue when Will
liam Robinson passed by, who made |
use Of on oath and said, "No d-n
can take me-" Upon hear
ing this he Qlarrisj went after him. |
Robinson ran down the street, crossed, |
and entered the house of Page Morris. |
lie followed and found him in a room |
lying on the floor under bed. He |
pulled him out and had gotten into the |
ward when some one cried out, "DOnt |
Let the ---- take him, and rocks be-
gan TO be thrown from all directions |
he got his prisoner III the alloy or
street. when he was struck on the sidn |
Of the head with "a rock. What took |
place afterwards was Il blank, as ne was |
knocked inscnsiblc. lie said further !
that there were from twenty TO twenty
five negroes with rocks in their hands |
lie identified Page Morris. Joseph |
Hamilton, and Moses Baker rs the
lenders III the not.
Policeman Boschon knew nothing OF |
the difficulty.
OTHER TESTIMONY.
Nr. J. f. floyd, who lives just across |
the branch, said he was sittingIn his door !
when he saw Robinson running, closely |
followed by Policeman Harris. They |
TUNED into an alley, and few minutes |
afterwards he heard rocks striking |
against houses and fences. He ran to
the mouth Of the alley, when be en-
countercd Page Morris, WHO said "Tho |
first Cd man who comes into this |
alley will be my meat Joe Hdmli-
ton aid Moses Baker were hurling |
rocks at Policeman Harris, who was /
struggling with Robinson. Mr.. Har-
ris was struck in the back with rock, !
which caused him 10 release Robinson, |
who grabbed q tin bucket and struck at |
Mr.. Harris and missed him. lie then
threw the bucket at him. Joe liamil- |
ton threw q rock which struck Mr. ilar- |
rs on Tie side Of the head, ana he fell |
TO the ground.
Lewis Jones saw Page Morris and !
Hamilton throwing rocks, and Ned
Holmes (colored) saw Joseph Hamilton
strike the officer. lie also saw Masses |
Baker have Il rock.
Hillary Jones saw Morris, Robinson, !
and Hamilton and Baker and Taylor |
in the crowd. lie saw Taylor throw |
rocks.
Sam. CLuso saw Morris and Baker |
throw rocks.
Mary Winston saw Morris strike |
Harris. She also saw David Harris |
there.
A witness named Napier said ho saw
Coleman running after the officer, say
ing xii the poor son Of a D
Other witnosse corroborated these |
statements.
LIGHT OF THIN SENT on.
Counsel for the accused asked that !
their clients be discharged. Justice
Richardson discharged David Harris,
James p. Mcolins, and Adolph Scott |
ond discharged John Thomas as TO tins
charge, but required him to give
security for twelve months in the sum |
of SlC0. Robert Coleman, Thomas |
Jude. Page Morris, Moses Baker altaS